Fraud and other Criminal Cases

An initial analysis shows 108 men who served in the ADRIC were convicted of criminal offences, including

Name Year Charge Sentence
Lees WA 1897 Theft 4 months
Johnson ALT 1906 Fraud Jumped bail Australia
Clark JHG 1912, 1925 Fraud, Armed Robbery 7 years + flogging
Higgins FE 1913 Theft 6 months
Aldenton S.W 1920,1943 Bigamy , Fraud 1 month,
Trim EJ 1920 Fraud 6 months
Bruce CS 1920 Robbery 12 months
Bruce AET 1920 Robbery 3 months
Tinline GCM 1920 Manslaughter 2 years bound over
Cheeseman W 1920 Immoral earnings 2 Months
Richards, DA 1920 Neglect of family 1 month
Caudell CHJ 1921 Trim Looter 12 months
Spencer T 1921 Trim Looter 12 months
Taylor FLW 1921 Trim looter 12 months
Richardson AR 1921 Trim Looter 12 months
Mountford R 1921 Trim looter 12 months
Mylam W 1921 Trim Looter 6 months
Grove JDde 1921 Trim Looter 12 months
Eddowes CFB 1921 Trim looter 6 months
Hart VA 1921 Murder of Canon Magner Broadmoor
Martin CW 1921 Embezzlement 4 months
Skelton R 1921 Wearing un-won medals 3 months
Johnston EW 1921 Embezzlement ?
Joslyn CS 1921 Fraud 9 months
Griffiths DA 1921 Larceny 10 months
Earle AG 1921 Theft 6 months
Blake AT 1921, 1923, 1925, 1929 Looting, fraud, blackmail 5 years
Baster S 1921 Theft 6 months
Biggs JD 1921 Fraud 2 months
Graham J 1921 Bigamy 3 weeks
Crewe BJ 1921 Theft 6 weeks
Boden TL 1921 Abandoning his family 7 days
Lowe J 1921 Theft 11 weeks
Stott JW 1921,1924,1929 Theft, forgery 2 years
Burdge GC 1922 Deserting family 6 months
Petterson PE 1922 False Pretences £5
Lister W 1922 Deserting family 6 weeks
Wiles PG 1922, 1927, 1936 Vagrancy, larceny, false pretences 2 months, 3 months
Cox RB 1922 Debt ?
Vincent FC 1922 Theft ?
Duncan D 1922 Assault Bound over 12 months
Gery RV 1922 Fraud 6 months
Truran JL 1922 Embezzlement 6 months, suspended
Bell AE 1923 Fraud 3 months
Watters AW 1923 Convicted 6 months
Hart DR 1923 Fraud 6 months
MacIlwaine AW 1923 Embezzlement Remanded, cannot get trial
Labatt WHE 1923 False Pretences 1 month
Luck GHC 1924, 1939 Fraud 3 months , £25
Scott F 1924 Theft 12 months
Morse GA 1924 Murdered his lover 12 years
Lee JH 1924 Fraud 15 months
Leys JM 1924 Theft 3 months
Menzies WK 1924 Theft 12 months
Waage-Mott RW 1924 Embezzlement 2 months
Young HA 1924 Fraud 12 months
Onions G 1925 Fraud Bound over
Hartwell HW 1925 Embezzlement 6 months
Ogden AT 1926 False Pretences 11 weeks
Corson WMcC 1926 Blackmail 12 months
MacFie TG 1926 Embezzlement 3 years
Francis WC 1926 Theft 16 months
Maddox JE 1926 Embezzlement £5
Mauldon PG 1926 Forgery ?
Macartney WFR 1927 Espionage for Russia 10 years
Blain AMcL 1927 Embezzlement 6 months
MacRae WF 1927 Larceny 3 months
Pegler DH 1928 Fraud 9 months
Gouldstone WH 1928,1931 False Pretences, Fraud 6 months,17 months
Frame IM 1929 Civil Conviction Bound over 12 months
Webster JS 1929 to 1936 Drugs charges Fines
Pownall JW 1929 Loitering 2 months
Williams GG 1929 Fraud 12 months suspended
Mann WRB 1929 Deserting family 2 months suspended
Rae RH 1930 Fraud 12 months
Jones JGW 1930 False pretences 3 months
Herrett GR 1930 Theft Bound over
Blow SR 1931 Fraud 3 months
Lyle H 1931 Murdered his wife Committed suicide
Rogers AG 1932 Attempted Suicide bound over 12 months
Worrell CA 1932 Maintenance arrears 3 months
Toms EC 1932 Convicted ?
Courtnay HD 1933, 1953 Paedophile 5 years, 5 years
Childs WO 1933 Deserting family 3 months
Lambert CL 1933 Theft, False Pretences 9 months
Docker HG 1933 Embezzlement £5 or 1 month
Pritchard W 1934, 1939 Fraud 12 months, 12 months
Watts RH 1934 Theft ?
Gilbert GF 1934 Embezzlement 4 months
Swaffer SD 1933 Theft Bound over
Johnstone NstC 1935 Driving while disqualified 2 months
Odd HH 1935 Theft 4 months
Jackson PJC 1936 Recieving Stolen Goods 6 months + 3 months
Pitt JC 1936 Absconding 2 months
Apperly JKG 1936 Theft 12 months
Goldie W 1936 Fraud 1 month
Rowlandson JH 1936 Fraud ?
Lyons TE 1937 Maintenance arrears 1 month
Bickel TA 1937 False Pretences Bound over 12 months
Newton JF 1937 Theft Probation
Arnold RE 1939 Theft Bound over 12 months
Foley FA 1938 Murdered his wife Committed suicide
Goddard HGG 1939 People smuggling in Palestine Probation
Newnham SAC 1940 Fraud Bound over
Fleming E 1943 Fraud 12 Months
Masters AE 1944 False Pretences 12 months
White EW 1948 Theft Fined £10
Shiner GLO 1953 Fraud 2 years
Pearce HN 1954 Obscene drawings Probation
Gibson HM 1956 Fraudulent coercion 4 years

 

 

 

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